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Selected Media Appearances, Broadcast Analysis & Public Scholarship (2022–2026)
Overview
This portfolio curates broadcast television commentary, foreign policy symposia, public radio features, and international print interviews regarding Iranian domestic politics, Middle Eastern regional security, authoritarian re...
The Republican Trap: A Policy Skeptic Looks at the French School Crisis
The Republican Trap: A Policy Skeptic Looks at the French School Crisis
As a social scientist trained in public policy and urban systems, I have spent decades analyzing institutional dysfunction, governance deadlocks, and public expendit...
“Death to America,” Apparently, Is an Expression of Concern (Iran Crisis Notebook #27)
A brief personal note: I've been away from Substack for a while, distracted by family matters involving elderly relatives. I'm now returning to a regular schedule and hope to publish something here once a week. Thanks for reading.
O...
September 11, Twenty-Five Years Later: An Iranian in New York
I first wrote this essay in the weeks after September 11, 2001. I republished it on the twentieth anniversary in 2021 with the reflection below. For the twenty-fifth anniversary, I have added a brief new note. The original essay remains unc...
America’s New Economic “D-Day” Against Iran (Iran Crisis Notebook #26)
About the United States’ new economic “D-Day” against Iran, I made the following points on The Brian Kilmeade Show. [Video link here.] I also discussed the crisis with Chris Cuomo on NewsNation. Video above
**Brian Kilmeade...
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Writer, analyst, and scholar of Iran, geopolitics, democracy, and world order. Author of Creating Local Democracy in Iran (Cambridge 2022). Essays in The Atlantic, WSJ and elsewhere.
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